title: Estimated burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in California hospitals after changes to administrative codes, 2005-2010.
abstract: We assess the impact of revised International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus burden in California hospitals. Codes were rapidly adopted, demonstrating new capture of colonization and continued relatively stable capture of infections. Nevertheless, despite new colonization codes, coded data demonstrated poor retention between serial hospitalizations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tehrani
authors.forename: Chenghua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Homin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwark
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*